.Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep thirteen, 2024, 02:00 AM ETCloseMarcel Louis-Jacques signed up with ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo grass Costs, just before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The past Carolina Panthers beat article writer for the Charlotte nc Observer won the APSE award for beating information and also the South Carolina Press Association honor for organization creating in 2018. MIAMI-- Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa endured the 3rd detected blast of his NFL job on Thursday evening in a 31-10 reduction to the Buffalo Bills. Tagovailoa was actually dismissed of the game in the third one-fourth after a play in which he scrambled up the middle for a to begin with down and reduced his shoulder to start exposure to Expenses safety and security Damar Hamlin. After Tagovailoa's helmet created hard exposure to Hamlin's physical body, the quarterback quickly entered into a securing reaction, a term used to describe an individual's upper arms entering into an abnormal placement. Dolphins health care instructors attended to him for several mins as gamers stoop around him. He was actually eventually capable to walk off the area and in to the team's locker room under his very own energy. YearGamesInjury20225Concussions20214Broken ribs/finger20201Thumb20194Ankle/dislocated hip)) Played every game last seasonThe Dolphins have 10 times till their upcoming activity against the Seat Seahawks but could dismiss Tagovailoa, no matter exactly how he advances via the league's concussion procedure. A job on the hurt reserve could be yet another possibility considering his personal injury past history." Right now, [it] is extra about getting a proper step-by-step assessment as well as taking it one day at a time," Dolphins train Mike McDaniel claimed after the video game. "The farthest trait coming from my mind is what is actually the timetable. Our experts simply need to review and also only bother with my colleague. ... Our experts'll receive additional info [Friday] and afterwards take it day after day coming from there." Listed here are actually 4 crucial questions adhering to Tagovailoa's most recent concussion. What is actually Tagovailoa's injury record? Tagovailoa was actually a candidate to become decided on as the leading quarterback in the 2020 NFL draught during the course of his ultimate period at Alabama however went through a hip misplacement and fracture of the posterior wall surface of his hip socket midway through the season. He was actually likewise identified along with a blast and damaged nose that year. Tagovailoa recovered on time to play for the Dolphins as a novice however missed out on five video games during his very first pair of seasons due to several small personal injuries. In 2022, he was detected along with 2 concussions and also took a third smash hit to his scalp that ultimately led to the NFL affecting its own trauma process. He really did not overlook a video game throughout the 2023 time, having said that, and also got a four-year, $212.1 thousand deal extension in July. What alternatives carried out Tagovailoa think about after his 2022 period? Tagovailoa accepted to for a while taking into consideration retired life after conversations along with his loved ones. Throughout a meeting along with "The Dan Le Batard Program" last month, he cleared up that it was primarily his mama that inquired him to reevaluate his playing job. Inevitably, he decided against it and also spent the 2023 offseason expanding and also training in a jiujitsu breakfall plan to learn how to fall without hitting his head on the ground. The training seemed to help as he played in all of Miami's video games last season, featuring a playoff loss to the Kansas Urban Area Chiefs. This offseason, Tagovailoa informed CBS Sports he shed 14 pounds in an initiative to be extra mobile. play0:37 Mike McDaniel: Tua in 'good feelings' after concussionMike McDaniel mentions Tua Tagovailoa was consulting with colleagues in the closet room and also resides in good feelings after suffering a trauma. If Tagovailoa wants to go back to the area, what obstacles will he have to clear in trauma method? McDaniel stated Tagovailoa will definitely go through detailed screening and also analysis before they make a decision how to proceed. The NFL's return-to-participation process is actually a five-step process that culminates in a group's medical doctor concurring with an independent neurological specialist that a player can securely play once again. The very first step of the method is actually remainder and also recovery "until his signs and symptoms and also neurologic exam" go back to "baseline standing." The next measure is light cardio workout, complied with through ongoing cardiovascular exercise and also intro of toughness instruction. A gamer can come back to football tasks in the fourth step of the process, each of which are noncontact. The last step is actually full authorization, once the physician as well as nerve professional agree the gamer prepares. What are actually the Dolphins' choices at quarterback? Will they authorize yet another gamer? If Tagovailoa may not play in next week's game versus the Seahawks, third-year quarterback Skylar Thompson is in series to begin. Thompson began three video games as a newbie in 2022, consisting of a playoff reduction when driving at Buffalo. The only other quarterback on the Dolphins' roster is actually Tim Boyle, that is authorized to their practice team. There are freelance alternatives on call need to Miami choose to produce one more quarterback, notably the staff's first-round pick in 2012, Ryan Tannehill. McDaniel carried out not devote to the probability of participating in without Tagovailoa but expressed the "utmost confidence" in Thompson. It is actually improbable Miami will immediately produce another quarterback to start over Thompson, yet it could add intensity if Tagovailoa is compelled to miss time.